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in the same small town staring at the same fiscal cliff. both with a message for washington. >> i would love for them to come here and just spend a day, spend a week just to know what small business goes to. >> do your job. make a decision. >>> now, suzanne, the exception of just a few extra tax breaks, small businesses are pretty much taxed just like me and you, just like individuals. if we fall off that fiscal cliff, there is no doubt that their taxes are going to go up, but what might hurt them even more than increased taxes, the experts tell me, is less money in their customers' pockets because they're going to have less buying power, and it's really two-fold 230r these businesses. >> do we have any idea of how much their tacks would go up if this actually happens? >> right. if we fall off the cliff, as you just heard from john boehner, we're nowhere near a solution in washington, souths a real possibility the tax policy center has made some estimates. what they're saying is if you are on the bottom tile of individuals or small business
in the same small town staring at the same fiscal cliff. both with a message for washington. >> i would love for them to come here and just spend a day, spend a week just to know what small business goes to. >> do your job. make a decision. >>> now, suzanne, the exception of just a few extra tax breaks, small businesses are pretty much taxed just like me and you, just like individuals. if we fall off that fiscal cliff, there is no doubt that their taxes are going to go up,...
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cliff. if no deal is reached, $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts take effect immediately. upon the new year. listen to what the president had to say a short time ago. >> i think we're all aware we have some urgent business to do. we have to make sure taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy remains strong and we're creating jobs and that's an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country share. our challenge is to make sure we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground and make tough compromises and build consensus to do the people's business. >> let's take you live back to the senate intelligence committee microphone. this is senator conrad from north dakota, the democrat on the committee. let's listen to what he has to say. >> what is very clear is that ambassador rice used the talking points that intelligence committee had all signed off on. that is very, very clear. she used the unclassif
cliff. if no deal is reached, $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts take effect immediately. upon the new year. listen to what the president had to say a short time ago. >> i think we're all aware we have some urgent business to do. we have to make sure taxes don't go up on middle class families, that our economy remains strong and we're creating jobs and that's an agenda that democrats and republicans and independents, people all across the country share. our challenge is to...
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the revenue side of the fiscal cliff $520 billion, spending side, $130 billion. some piece of that is going to go away if indeed they do end up capping the increases of those at $400,000, 450 and above. we don't know how much. perhaps the vast bulk of it could go away. no discussion on wlornt automatic spending cuts for this year would be affected at all. there's the total 650. impact of the total fiscal cliff this year and by way of contrast or comparison, here is the gdp effect. we gained in nominal terms and that's why going over the cliff means negative growth, it means a recession. here is some of the detail of what we ever talking about here. 620 billion. that's the total revenue. depends on which numbers you use. moving on, per capitia effect, it affects different people differently. 26.2 million is the number of americans that will see an increase in taxes subject to amt that alternate taxation system without a patch. listen to whether or not that is part of the fix they are talking about. 2.1 million americans losing extended unemployment benefits. that
the revenue side of the fiscal cliff $520 billion, spending side, $130 billion. some piece of that is going to go away if indeed they do end up capping the increases of those at $400,000, 450 and above. we don't know how much. perhaps the vast bulk of it could go away. no discussion on wlornt automatic spending cuts for this year would be affected at all. there's the total 650. impact of the total fiscal cliff this year and by way of contrast or comparison, here is the gdp effect. we gained in...
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billion and in the of fiscal cliff talkings. this is it a number that nides to be addressed. is it that strong that we spend this much money on unemployment benefits. the stupidity of it the guy in the white house had four years to turn it around. he hasn't done it it is idiotic. you have four years and you were begin a man date and why haven't you brought down the rate of unemployment. because they all believe in economics and believe that spending makes everybody happy and makes everybody have a profit. wrong. it is not that. >> they would say they have done something. he passed out all of the unemployment benefits. you say 50 billion it is 520 billion in emergency benefits. that is 520 billion and i don't know not invested in jobs and creating new enterprizeses and redistributed and ultimately destroyed. >> christian, to tracey's point. we have them come on and say they want to hire and they're afraid to hire . it is regulation and other issues. this is behais going to build the other economy. it will create those jobs. >> it
billion and in the of fiscal cliff talkings. this is it a number that nides to be addressed. is it that strong that we spend this much money on unemployment benefits. the stupidity of it the guy in the white house had four years to turn it around. he hasn't done it it is idiotic. you have four years and you were begin a man date and why haven't you brought down the rate of unemployment. because they all believe in economics and believe that spending makes everybody happy and makes everybody...
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i want to reduce the deficit j why are you afraid the fiscal cliff? >> because larry elder i believe that cutting spending will help grow the economy. i also believe a flat tax will help growth economy, but larry elder, my beef right now is it's all about revenues and tax rates and so forth, and i want lower spending because i think that's progrowth, larry elder. >> less money should be taken from the pockets of the american people, whether you're talking about deductions or loop hole, however you do it. less money should not -- should be taken from the american people, not more, and christiana roma said raising taxes is contractionary, lowering taxes section pangsry. one more time why do it at all? >> exaccuse me, larry. >> two things. there's a political reason and there's a policy reason. the political reason is we had an election. the american people decided tax rates were going to go up for the top 2% of income earners. the republicans tried the alternative approach, they didn't win. move on. the fife is off -- the philosophical approach, we trie
i want to reduce the deficit j why are you afraid the fiscal cliff? >> because larry elder i believe that cutting spending will help grow the economy. i also believe a flat tax will help growth economy, but larry elder, my beef right now is it's all about revenues and tax rates and so forth, and i want lower spending because i think that's progrowth, larry elder. >> less money should be taken from the pockets of the american people, whether you're talking about deductions or loop...
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cliff because i think that congress would much rather have us go over the fiscal cliff and then vote to lower taxes and increase spending and they can't bare to raise taxes and reduce spending and that's where we'll end up in three months and have a vote to lower taxes and increase spending. >> jonas what does it do in the short-term, i know you're talking long-term. but short. >> they're scaring everybody about this, like we've got to keep pushing on or the world is going to end and it's not as bad a the politicians are pretending it is even. look, it's not a good thing, but psyched into a level and it will be worse than the real effect of having the tax increase on the government level and that's the danger, using it as a tool to get their policies on boats sides of doing this, and they're going to cause -- the first recession is caused by psyching themselves into it and making people scared that things are going to end if we let it happen. >> toby, the final word here? >> yeah, now, we've seen this movie before and know how it ends and now, at some point, it's start after tragedy
cliff because i think that congress would much rather have us go over the fiscal cliff and then vote to lower taxes and increase spending and they can't bare to raise taxes and reduce spending and that's where we'll end up in three months and have a vote to lower taxes and increase spending. >> jonas what does it do in the short-term, i know you're talking long-term. but short. >> they're scaring everybody about this, like we've got to keep pushing on or the world is going to end...
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>> it is this kind muchunging to get us over the fiscal cliff. we are two parts to the solution. focus on the correct entitlements to cut and reorganize medicare so it works but doesn't take us down the drain. >> there are no offer the allelula. zero cuts. >> we are in negotiation. what happened this week. >> it is it a call for unconditional surrender is what it is. >> you think this is going to be the deal. >> victoria when you come to a bargaining table you start high and pull back. but this proposal, had no spending cuts all all. >> there is a stimulus increase. >> it s unbelievable to me. >> what is that mark? >> you are saying -- >> we have a revenue problem. we took away a trillion out of the budget by giving tax cuts to rich people and you need to put that revenue back. >> by the way, >> we spend another trillion. >> they are tax rates . they are not tax cuts. they are tax rates . how much they bring in. >> what are you talking about? >> 84 billion a year . that is 84 billion that is enough to cover government spending for a week and a half. the issue, dc lives in a bubbl
>> it is this kind muchunging to get us over the fiscal cliff. we are two parts to the solution. focus on the correct entitlements to cut and reorganize medicare so it works but doesn't take us down the drain. >> there are no offer the allelula. zero cuts. >> we are in negotiation. what happened this week. >> it is it a call for unconditional surrender is what it is. >> you think this is going to be the deal. >> victoria when you come to a bargaining table...
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he seems to be splitting the talks in two saying to deal with the tax shes, the so-called fiscal cliff now in the short-term but wait for spending cuts later next year. take a listen. >> it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down our deficits, to streamline our tax system, to do it in a balanced way. including asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more. >>reporter: the president said he would be willing to have a framework in the short-term for spending cuts neck year but republicans likes speaker boehner are saying if you split all this up and only do the tax side and wait on the spend cuts until next year republicans are skeptical the spending cuts will ever actually materialize. this is all very critical because earlier today, erskine bowles, a budget expert who has become an influential figure, said he thinks that there is a two out of three chance that we are going to fall off the fiscal cliff it is a high probability. >>neil: gephardt think it is a possibility to kick the can down for three, six months, and let all o
he seems to be splitting the talks in two saying to deal with the tax shes, the so-called fiscal cliff now in the short-term but wait for spending cuts later next year. take a listen. >> it would give us more time than next year to work together on a comprehensive plan to bring down our deficits, to streamline our tax system, to do it in a balanced way. including asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more. >>reporter: the president said he would be willing to have a...
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we've already gone over the fiscal cliff of spending already by this administration. >> congressman garrett, thank you very much. sue? >>> the dow jones industrial average has now moved into negative territory. we are down about ten points on the dow jones industrial average. where's the money going? well, marginally it is going into the gold market. gold prices are closing right now. i think about a $5 gain there. sharon epperson is track being the action at the nymex. >> gold is above $1,730 an ounce right now at a three-week high. again the fiscal fears here in the u.s. are definitely supporting the gold price. we have seen gold perform relatively well this week. in fact, it's probably one of the best performing commodities here at the nymex and we are seeing new buyers coming in to the gold market as well. that's what traders are telling me looking at contracts beyond this year, into 2013. so that is also supportive. copper prices meanwhile are falling even though we got positive data out of china on industrial production. the fears again of the fiscal cliff certainly outweighing what w
we've already gone over the fiscal cliff of spending already by this administration. >> congressman garrett, thank you very much. sue? >>> the dow jones industrial average has now moved into negative territory. we are down about ten points on the dow jones industrial average. where's the money going? well, marginally it is going into the gold market. gold prices are closing right now. i think about a $5 gain there. sharon epperson is track being the action at the nymex. >>...
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unfortunately, you have a fiscal cliff. you have a regulatory cliff to a certain extent in that. only one-third of dodd-frank has been completed. i don't think the uncertainty, even after resolution of the cliff, is likely. i don't think it's going to end. >> look at what that does for 2013 then. it says that means we're going to have even slower growth. this is a one-time give back to the shareholder instead of investing in this something that can produce returns year over year. what does this mean for 2013? i say slow growth. >> maybe people are more likely to sell it next year. is that possible? >> potentially. i think you have to look at the specific company. obviously, some of the bigger companies that have a lot of cash on their balance sheet, if they're just using a small portion to give that dividend, maybe it's not so concerning. if they're wiping all their cash off their balance sheet, i'd be very concerned about that. >> and we're showing you a list of some of them. if you could go back to that previous list, my point is going to be you're not seeing any particular ind
unfortunately, you have a fiscal cliff. you have a regulatory cliff to a certain extent in that. only one-third of dodd-frank has been completed. i don't think the uncertainty, even after resolution of the cliff, is likely. i don't think it's going to end. >> look at what that does for 2013 then. it says that means we're going to have even slower growth. this is a one-time give back to the shareholder instead of investing in this something that can produce returns year over year. what...
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. >> chris: as we draw ever closer to the fiscal cliff, higher taxes and deep spending cuts we will ask four key members of congress if they [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understan at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >> chriswe are now just 51 day aceway from fiscal cliff when $644 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts will kick in next year unless the president and congress make a deal. we invited four congressional leaders who will be at the center of any compromise to discuss what is possible. and what isn't. senators bob corker and kent conrad, and congressmanman tom price and chris van hollen. gentlemen, welcome back to "fox news sunday." good to have you here. senator corker, let me start with you. how real is the cliff? can
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larry, we are going to avoid the fiscal cliff resection. the white house is acting with impunity right now. and the white house is so far said look, we want to continue talking about one quarter of the president's own architecture. the president said there was a three to one ratio between savings and cuts and revenue. but they have been silent on this. >> little bit of breaking news. >> wow, the studio is shaking. mr. bhoener is at $800 million. no new information on then ti e ti tiltment. i'm suggesting. it is a game of chicken. neither party can afford this kind of recession. after what we've been through we can't take it. if that meanstending the tax cuts so be it. let me accept your premise. but i have to pile on more. something that is worse is a debt crisis. if you have a white house that is committed from going from $16 trillion in debt which is where the obama administration would lead us. what do you do with that knowledge? what if you come to the view that the president has created in the state of illinois which is a basket case t
larry, we are going to avoid the fiscal cliff resection. the white house is acting with impunity right now. and the white house is so far said look, we want to continue talking about one quarter of the president's own architecture. the president said there was a three to one ratio between savings and cuts and revenue. but they have been silent on this. >> little bit of breaking news. >> wow, the studio is shaking. mr. bhoener is at $800 million. no new information on then ti e ti...
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>>> the fiscal cliff, the fiscal cliff, just 23 days away and if we go over it, automatic spending cuts will take effect, automatically, bam. todd schoenberger is back with me from new york. we spent some time taking questions from viewers who want 20 know how the fiscal cliff will affect them. what will make the headlines? >> bottom line is this, that is if nothing is resolved right now, we are looking at a 20% increase across the board for tax revenue for washington. and you hear a lot about these spending cuts but realistically, we won't see a whole lot of spending cuts, because this way this was actually createded, we would only see spending cuts of .25%. >> one coming from edgar, he says i'm not confused about the fiscal cliff, what i'm confused about is what taxes will be raised? >> that's right. well the payroll tax holiday, it was created in 2010, it had a two-year tax extension, it expires on december 31st. this is a 2% payroll tax that all americans were enjoying. if nothing is resolved, your first paycheck in january is going to be 2% lighter. that may not sound like a lot. b
>>> the fiscal cliff, the fiscal cliff, just 23 days away and if we go over it, automatic spending cuts will take effect, automatically, bam. todd schoenberger is back with me from new york. we spent some time taking questions from viewers who want 20 know how the fiscal cliff will affect them. what will make the headlines? >> bottom line is this, that is if nothing is resolved right now, we are looking at a 20% increase across the board for tax revenue for washington. and you...
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cliff. if they can't agree, all taxes go up, massive across the board spending cuts, automatically will go into effect. after a meeting with president obama friday, congressional leaders sounded like they would have a dealing optimistic. take a listen. >>> a constructive meeting with the president to talk about the america's fiscal problem. >> we all know something has to be done. >> it was good. i feel confident that a solution may be in sight. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> all right. joining us to talk to about the fiscal cliff what it could mean for the economy if it plunges over the cliff, mark zandi. mark explain to us, there's a lot of optimism here. but what would happen if they didn't come up with an agreement? what would be the impact of the economy immediately? >> well, you know, i don't think it's a wily coyote moment. january 1 the economy would be okay. with each passing day we don't get a deal, angst would rise, stock market
cliff. if they can't agree, all taxes go up, massive across the board spending cuts, automatically will go into effect. after a meeting with president obama friday, congressional leaders sounded like they would have a dealing optimistic. take a listen. >>> a constructive meeting with the president to talk about the america's fiscal problem. >> we all know something has to be done. >> it was good. i feel confident that a solution may be in sight. >> we're prepared to...
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the republicans and democrats alike designed the fiscal cliff. it's a series of bipartisan compromises and i think it's kind of foolish to think that this group of congressmen and senators is going to come up with a way out of something they themselves designed. >> rich, you worked for a republican speaker who went up against a democratic president over the spending issues. back then the face-off didn't turn out all that well for your party. obviously very different era. do you agree with eric's take? is the right strategy for republicans to stick to their guns, forget about compromise? >> no. i really don't -- eric is one of my favorite people. we talk a lot. but i think that, and i did work for the speaker gingrich during the shut-down fight in '96, and it did not work out well for republicans. the president has a much bigger bully pulpit than the speaker does. newt gingrich's bully pulpit was pretty big back in those days but at some point, republicans in the house -- and i think boehner is trying to look for ways to do this, speaker boehner,
the republicans and democrats alike designed the fiscal cliff. it's a series of bipartisan compromises and i think it's kind of foolish to think that this group of congressmen and senators is going to come up with a way out of something they themselves designed. >> rich, you worked for a republican speaker who went up against a democratic president over the spending issues. back then the face-off didn't turn out all that well for your party. obviously very different era. do you agree with...
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cliff which is called the series of spending cuts and expiring tax breaks which would be an economic disaster. the sticking point is the call for higher taxes for families, higher taxes on amounts earned above $250,000. everyone gets the tax cut, the first $250,000 is not taxable only but that. the president says, look, i ran on this and i am going to do this. but he is signaling he could be flexible on how high they would go. ed henry is like. this has been out there for a few days. >>reporter: that right. the president had the governors in today and they underdiscover the fiscal cliff will not just impact the national economy but have a lot of impact on state and local economies, as well, and their state budgets, et cetera. the president, though, is standing firm. and jake carney saying unless the republicans give in on tax rates and raise the bush tax rates on the rich, there is no deal and the president is willing to go off the cliff. they hammered speaker boehner's proposal. >> we don't know who pays. we don't know what we are talking about in terms actual legislation to increas
cliff which is called the series of spending cuts and expiring tax breaks which would be an economic disaster. the sticking point is the call for higher taxes for families, higher taxes on amounts earned above $250,000. everyone gets the tax cut, the first $250,000 is not taxable only but that. the president says, look, i ran on this and i am going to do this. but he is signaling he could be flexible on how high they would go. ed henry is like. this has been out there for a few days....
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we are told that $200 a month tax increase on middle class if we go over the fiscal cliff will doom us. well die. whole country will go bankrupt. you understand my facetiousness. but we spend well over $200 a m on things that didn't even exist ten years ago. the smart phones pb apps. cars. why are we spending 200 a m on things that didn't even exist back then. >> you don't feel it the the same way. >> you have to australia to get that for your tax says all can i say. thank you, lauren young. >> thank you. >> and she called it a chastity belt, maybe that's a brand in i don't know. i'm not hip. >> it was back in the medieval times. definite lay brand. >>> speaking of spending, luxury for less is turning into a trend this holiday season. retailers are struggling in flag ship stores but are cleaning up in outlets, right, courtney? you've been tracking this trend and you are in an outlet in new jersey as well? >> that's right, i am, mandy. it seems the consumers are finding value in the off price luxury. especially outlet centers like this one here and it is surprising a number of analyst a
we are told that $200 a month tax increase on middle class if we go over the fiscal cliff will doom us. well die. whole country will go bankrupt. you understand my facetiousness. but we spend well over $200 a m on things that didn't even exist ten years ago. the smart phones pb apps. cars. why are we spending 200 a m on things that didn't even exist back then. >> you don't feel it the the same way. >> you have to australia to get that for your tax says all can i say. thank you,...
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just weeks away from now looms the so-called fiscal cliff, combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases, mandated by law. within months of the fiscal cliff, congress will be asked to raise the nation's debt ceiling. around the same time, legislation will be needed to keep the government running as a continuing resolution underwhich we're currently operating expires. amid all of the short-term hurdles we face the greatest challenge of all, a massive debt that is smothering growth and exceeding the entire size of our economy. there will be many who will say that with the election over, we should confront the first of these challenges by simply letting the top two tax rates expire and pushing the sequester off to some other date. they would have us engaged in the same short-term temporary policies that have helped put us into this fix. and in essence they're saying let's have more of the same. let's agree to drive our economy off part of the fiscal cliff instead of driving it off the whole fiscal cliff and we'll call it a day. that might get us out of town, but it won't get u
just weeks away from now looms the so-called fiscal cliff, combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases, mandated by law. within months of the fiscal cliff, congress will be asked to raise the nation's debt ceiling. around the same time, legislation will be needed to keep the government running as a continuing resolution underwhich we're currently operating expires. amid all of the short-term hurdles we face the greatest challenge of all, a massive debt that is smothering growth and...
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and the fiscal cliff. political dysfunction in the u.s. has been a huge theme in recent years. the events triggered by inaction rather not renewal of the bush tax cuts or reduction in spending it is a variety of things. >> thanks for that fascinating report. when you stress test your portfolio what is a scenario that you are most concerned about? >> the scenario is about improving economic growth. that is the one thing that nobody is testing for. that is a risk. upside. absolutely. that is a risk. if it is a risk that you can test for and you know about it how is it a risk? if there is a bubble out there in this market is the bubble that everything is going to fall apart. if every bank knows all the scenarios they should never lose money again. >> you ask about testing several things. what about when you throw in every bank going through the same crisis at the same time. >> if one bank has that problem -- >> i could never. >>> coming up next one of our traders is going to fuel your portfolio. stick around for the trade of the day right after this break. >>> welcome back to fast
and the fiscal cliff. political dysfunction in the u.s. has been a huge theme in recent years. the events triggered by inaction rather not renewal of the bush tax cuts or reduction in spending it is a variety of things. >> thanks for that fascinating report. when you stress test your portfolio what is a scenario that you are most concerned about? >> the scenario is about improving economic growth. that is the one thing that nobody is testing for. that is a risk. upside. absolutely....
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first and foremost, the fiscal cliff. without fast action from congress and the president, we will have reckless spending cuts and tax increases for 90% of the country. then there's the $16 trillion debt and the $1 trillion in deficits every year. the up employment situation gravely demonstrates the need for economic growth and global competitiveness. one of the pieces of the puzzle is now in place and it is an important one that is clarity. president obama was re-elected. we keep -- kept hearing nothing could get done until this election was done. well, it is done. and now it's time to put the politics aside and make policy the priority to ensure we are all playing on team america. the only way to do that is to come together. we have a huge opportunity. the corporate sector is strong. we know that. there are estimates of $3.5 trillion in cash on corporate balance sheets right now that money can get begin to go to work once the differences over tax and spending is in the books and histly. that much money will surely gift
first and foremost, the fiscal cliff. without fast action from congress and the president, we will have reckless spending cuts and tax increases for 90% of the country. then there's the $16 trillion debt and the $1 trillion in deficits every year. the up employment situation gravely demonstrates the need for economic growth and global competitiveness. one of the pieces of the puzzle is now in place and it is an important one that is clarity. president obama was re-elected. we keep -- kept...
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we are less than a month from going over the fiscal cliff and the term economists call the series of spending cuts and expiring tax breaks that will take effect the first of the year. that could cost millions of jobs and lead to a new recession. it is basically austerity on steroids. republicans with their counteroffer today again reject the president's plan if higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year. wendell is live at the white house. if they reject that i don't know how far this will go. the president could blink but his eyes seem wide open. >>reporter: it is a nonstarter if they reject continuing the upper income tax cuts. the republicans say the plan cuts the deficits by $4.6 trillion based on the white house method of counting based on the recommendations of the president's deficit reduction commission but the president could disagree. the republicans say the plan would raise $800 million through tax reform but not by phasing out the upper income bush tax cuts and before the plan was announced, white house press secretary insisted the rates will not make it t
we are less than a month from going over the fiscal cliff and the term economists call the series of spending cuts and expiring tax breaks that will take effect the first of the year. that could cost millions of jobs and lead to a new recession. it is basically austerity on steroids. republicans with their counteroffer today again reject the president's plan if higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year. wendell is live at the white house. if they reject that i don't know how...
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a new warning over the fiscal cliff, the white house says consumer spending could take $200 billion hit if lawmakers fail to come up with a deal. we have the details on that ahead. and the egyptian president morsi. wow. violent protests after he essentially made himself a dictator. today he said he is not backing down. so, where is he with the israel and palestinian thing? worried about your teen's driving habits? now you can hire an off-duty cop to spy on them. but is that legal? that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, you will be glad to know your congress is back from break and so begins another round of negotiations aimed at keeping the country from going off the so-called fiscal cliff. president obama expressing optimism they can come up with a deal to prevent automatic spending cuts and expiring tax breaks just into fox, the white house spokesman, jake carney, reports president obama spoke with the house speaker boehner and the senate majority leader harry reid over the weekend. still, concerns of the
a new warning over the fiscal cliff, the white house says consumer spending could take $200 billion hit if lawmakers fail to come up with a deal. we have the details on that ahead. and the egyptian president morsi. wow. violent protests after he essentially made himself a dictator. today he said he is not backing down. so, where is he with the israel and palestinian thing? worried about your teen's driving habits? now you can hire an off-duty cop to spy on them. but is that legal? that is all...
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>> they are still trying to reach a resolution in the fiscal cliff talks. it's getting a little heated between president obama and speaker boehner. take a look at what they've been saying to each other. yesterday obama said, quote, if we can get some leadership on the republican side, we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. boehner then responded saying, quote, i've sent the president our proposal. if he doesn't like our plan, he should come back with a plan of his own. obama responded to that saying, maybe i will. to which boehner replied, maybe i will. and mr. obama replied, stop copying me. so which boehner replied, stop copying me. >> to which obama replied dam infinity. you win for now boehner. >> according to a new poll that just came out, most americans think santa claus is a democrat. which is odd because you think of white, old, fat men that hire unskilled labor, i think republicans. i do. >>> you're in the situation room. happening now, cnn goes in search of syria's chemical weapons. a former regime soldier tells us his or
>> they are still trying to reach a resolution in the fiscal cliff talks. it's getting a little heated between president obama and speaker boehner. take a look at what they've been saying to each other. yesterday obama said, quote, if we can get some leadership on the republican side, we can probably solve this in about a week. it's not that tough. boehner then responded saying, quote, i've sent the president our proposal. if he doesn't like our plan, he should come back with a plan of...
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it's 30 days and counting until we go over the fiscal cliff. >> the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending cuts and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we will ask the two men at the center of the negotiations where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner. for the gop house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner only on fox news sunday. plus, we've seen this movie before. the two parties edging closer and closer to the brink. we will ask our sunday panel whether we will get a happy ending or an economic disaster. and our power player of the week. a young beauty queen has to make a tough choice. all right now on fox news sunday. >> hello again from fox news in washington. well, we had quite a day around here friday with talks to avoid the fiscal cliff deadlock, and everyone saying the other side is to blame, pressure secretary geithner scheduled a ground of interviews. then friday afternoon, speaker boehner's office call
it's 30 days and counting until we go over the fiscal cliff. >> the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending cuts and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we will ask the two men at the center of the negotiations where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner. for the gop house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner only on fox...
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fiscal cliff. here's what both sides are considering in a potential deal right now. an increase in tax rates for families making over $450,000 a year. extending unemployment benefits. and an increase in the estate tax. the president seemed hopeful but cautious when he addressed the american people earlier today. >> today, it appears that an agreement to prevent this new year's tax hike is within sight. but it's not done. there are still issues left to resolve. but we're hopeful that congress can get it done. but it's not done. >> let's get straight to our chief white house correspondent jessi jessica yellin. she's over at the white house with the very latest. the president seems pretty optimistic that it's within a few hours we could have a deal, right? >> reporter: wolf, the people i just spoke to here say they are no more or less optimistic than they were this morning. which is to say they are not cueing the confetti just yet. senator mitch mcconnell, the republican leader on the hill, is still t
fiscal cliff. here's what both sides are considering in a potential deal right now. an increase in tax rates for families making over $450,000 a year. extending unemployment benefits. and an increase in the estate tax. the president seemed hopeful but cautious when he addressed the american people earlier today. >> today, it appears that an agreement to prevent this new year's tax hike is within sight. but it's not done. there are still issues left to resolve. but we're hopeful that...
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but if there's no deal and the country goes over that fiscal cliff, taxes go up for everyone, mandatory spending cuts go into effect, a lot of folks are going to say where was the president? he was just re-elected. why couldn't he put together a package, a deal to avoid this disaster? >> i think this is a question of political leadership. and as that poll showed, there's no doubt that the president has the political advantage going into this. but at some point, and i think we're kind of getting close to it, the president has to be able to pivot and to say how do i turn this political advantage into a real policy accomplishment? and, wolf, i don't think you're going to do that with continued campaign style events like we just saw meeting with middle class families. okay. we get that. that occurred during the campaign. the white house has clearly gotten its message out. i think now there has to be a next step. you know, timing is everything in politics. and this is absolutely no different. what i'm getting from talking to some democrats on the hill is i think there's actually a lot of pen
but if there's no deal and the country goes over that fiscal cliff, taxes go up for everyone, mandatory spending cuts go into effect, a lot of folks are going to say where was the president? he was just re-elected. why couldn't he put together a package, a deal to avoid this disaster? >> i think this is a question of political leadership. and as that poll showed, there's no doubt that the president has the political advantage going into this. but at some point, and i think we're kind of...
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the fiscal cliff is 19 days away. and our jessica yellin reports that some in washington believe that a deal has to be done by tomorrow in order to get it through congress before the end of the year. >>> and back here in kabul, afghanistan, where we are taking a look at america's 11-year war, the longest war here in america, where do things stand today? what is the future for afghanistan? one of the main concerns here on the ground is security. just a few hours, we had a stark reminder of that here, when there was a suicide attack right at the entrance of the kandahar airfield. that was a base that the defense secretary, leon panetta had interviewed two years before. the explosion killed one service member and two afghan civilians. the taliban claimed responsibility, calling the bomber a quote/unquote brave fighter. panetta later said terrorists resort to these types of attacks in order to create chaos. well, chaos or not, there are 68,000 american troops who are risking their lives right here in this country tonight.
the fiscal cliff is 19 days away. and our jessica yellin reports that some in washington believe that a deal has to be done by tomorrow in order to get it through congress before the end of the year. >>> and back here in kabul, afghanistan, where we are taking a look at america's 11-year war, the longest war here in america, where do things stand today? what is the future for afghanistan? one of the main concerns here on the ground is security. just a few hours, we had a stark reminder...
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. >> regardless of what happenes with the fiscal cliff -- here we go, long-term problems won't go along. the aging population with huge social security end spending. bill is with the competitive institute. your typical calm not controversial headline at all bill, but we appreciate you joining us. the headline is very attention-grabbing. i like some of your points. but people will push back and say, what the answer? telling grand ma, no, i'm sorry, you can't have medical care? >> look at the data, brian wp pe have two trends on a collision course and it is a slow motion train wreck. this is the tendency for young people to not get married, not form families and not have babies. the numbers are quite startseling. that collides with entitlement democracy where we promised the elderly all these benefits. look at singapore, china be a hong kong. they are trending down to one live birth per woman. every generation, the population haves. even the black plague didn't do that big a job. >> except in asia one of the good things is they still have very much a system where we look after the elderly
. >> regardless of what happenes with the fiscal cliff -- here we go, long-term problems won't go along. the aging population with huge social security end spending. bill is with the competitive institute. your typical calm not controversial headline at all bill, but we appreciate you joining us. the headline is very attention-grabbing. i like some of your points. but people will push back and say, what the answer? telling grand ma, no, i'm sorry, you can't have medical care? >>...
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so, sandra, if we hit this fiscal cliff, all the spending cuts kick in, what effect will that have on air travel? >> reporter: the big unknown is still how it will affect the everyday traveler. and that is certainly something a lot of people here are wanting to figure out. as for the air traffic controllers union, they released a statement this afternoon saying that it would be a major blow to the airline industry as well as the economy if these cuts are in effect. now, overall, we're talking about a nearly $2.2 billion projected cut to the department of transportation. half of that would come from the faa, and the tsa would suffer a $643 million spending cut. so according to the head of the tsa, they do have a plan b. they have a plan in place ready to go if these cuts are in place. now, he says that the overall front line operations would not be effective, but this would be a major severe budget cut and a lot of travelers here we spoke to, brooke, say they are paying close attention to the negotiations. >> it does concern me because, yes, i do travel not extensively, but enough on m
so, sandra, if we hit this fiscal cliff, all the spending cuts kick in, what effect will that have on air travel? >> reporter: the big unknown is still how it will affect the everyday traveler. and that is certainly something a lot of people here are wanting to figure out. as for the air traffic controllers union, they released a statement this afternoon saying that it would be a major blow to the airline industry as well as the economy if these cuts are in effect. now, overall, we're...
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cliff now and they're calling it the fiscal cliff because they don't want to e embrace either the tax increases or spending cuts and i think it's foolish to think this congress can come up with a better deal. >> you know what's interesting, to eric's point, there is a great irony in this that the democrats are saying we've got to raise taxes and the fiscal cliff does both. just not in the way anybody wants it, so if they can't do that, how are they going to find a way they can all agree on? >> the superfailed committee. this is a giant hatchet as opposed to a scalpel. >> it was designed to fail. >> i agree, but the real solution and real irony is going to be the ultimate deal's going to look like the obama boehner grand bargain that was negotiated and almost done in the summer of 2011. the fact that we couldn't make that deal then i think's a tragedy for the country. one of the thing's it did was lead to that aaa downgrading. that was unnecessary. >> let me just follow up on this point of what republicans should accept. you said you'd go back to the clinton era tax rates if you could
cliff now and they're calling it the fiscal cliff because they don't want to e embrace either the tax increases or spending cuts and i think it's foolish to think this congress can come up with a better deal. >> you know what's interesting, to eric's point, there is a great irony in this that the democrats are saying we've got to raise taxes and the fiscal cliff does both. just not in the way anybody wants it, so if they can't do that, how are they going to find a way they can all agree...
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we go over the so-called fiscal cliff. and massive government spending cuts. >> and some people fear going off of the cliff could cost thousands of jobs and push our fragile economy back in recession. it seems like we have been down this road before. that deal according to the president and congressional republicans is far from a sure thing. the president said it was a so-called balanced approach to solve this crisis and what he proposed this week was a classic bait and switch on the american people. >> it is unacceptable for republicans to hold middle class tax hostage because they refuse to let them go up on the wealthiest americans. >> people saying that the deal he offered doesn't look like a deal. steve is live in the washington bureau. is there any movement on either side. >> not much. a few republicans who are willing to talk about higher tax rev news but not higher tax rates. the president made a direct appeal to the public. the toy factory in pin pen. he urged congress to pass a bill and extend the era tax cuts fo
we go over the so-called fiscal cliff. and massive government spending cuts. >> and some people fear going off of the cliff could cost thousands of jobs and push our fragile economy back in recession. it seems like we have been down this road before. that deal according to the president and congressional republicans is far from a sure thing. the president said it was a so-called balanced approach to solve this crisis and what he proposed this week was a classic bait and switch on the...
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this is the final day of the fiscal cliff countdown. the possibility of tax hikes, spending cuts, and a recession all looming at midnight. democrats and republicans turning to their so-called closers to cut a compromise deal. vice president joe biden, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell working behind closed doors, two men who have worked together for 20 years. the ho use and senate back in session in just a few hours. we're not seeing much progress. one significant stumbling block has been sidestepped. republicans reported dropping their demand to slash social security cost of living increases, the chain cpi that had been briefly on the table. what are the chances we'll get the deal done today? let's listen to republican congressman jason chaffetz earlier on "starting point." >> the united states senate hasn't passed a budge net four years. they have not brought up a single thing for vote on this particular bill. come on, the senate has got to do their job. that's how it works around here. >> more of the same old blame game. senator
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>> chris: i'm chris walls wallace, 30 days and counting, until we go over the fiscal cliff. ♪ >> chris: the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending would you tell us and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we'll ask the two men at the center of the negotiations, where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner, for the g.o.p., house speaker john boehner. geithner and boehner, only, on fox news sunday. >>> plus we have seen this movie before. the two parties edging closer and closer to the brink. we'll ask our sunday panel whether we'll get a happy ending for an economic disaster. >>> and our power player of the week, a young beauty queen has to make a tough choice, all, right now on fox news sunday. ♪ >> chris: and, hello again from fox news in washington. well, we had quite a day around here, friday. with talks to avoid the fiscal cliff deadlock and everyone saying, the other side is to blame, treasury secretary geithner sche
>> chris: i'm chris walls wallace, 30 days and counting, until we go over the fiscal cliff. ♪ >> chris: the president is demanding higher tax rates. congressional republicans want deeper spending would you tell us and entitlement reform. will they make a deal before we bring in the new year with a round of tax increases for all of us? we'll ask the two men at the center of the negotiations, where we really stand. for the president, treasury secretary timothy geithner, for the...
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i'm certain if this is not good enough for the white house, we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> this is a compromise on taxes. this is a compromise on mandatory spending. and it's a compromise on discretionary spending over what the select committee had debated. >> i should mention that erskine bowles has put out a statement himself. while i'm flattered the speaker would call something the bowles plan. the outline in the letter the speaker sent to the president does not represent the bowles simpson plan, nor is it the bowles plan in my testimony on deficit reduction. i simply took the mid point of the public offers, put forward during the negotiations to demonstrate where i thought a deal could be reached at the time. he's very much backing away from speaker boehner's letter. the question i wanted to ask you is some of the details, as you know, it's all in. >> can we spin one more point on that? >> absolutely. >> here's speaker boehner who is taking a mid point on the compromise between the two sides and offered it, and it's already flatley rejected? >> i think he may be rejected, si
i'm certain if this is not good enough for the white house, we will go over the fiscal cliff. >> this is a compromise on taxes. this is a compromise on mandatory spending. and it's a compromise on discretionary spending over what the select committee had debated. >> i should mention that erskine bowles has put out a statement himself. while i'm flattered the speaker would call something the bowles plan. the outline in the letter the speaker sent to the president does not represent...
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of course, there's also the fiscal cliff. that's one of a variety of those spending cuts and tax increases kicking in in the new year. congress has been noncommitmental about how it's going to handle that, and that's really what's upsetting most of the trade others wall street because, again, it's an unanswered question. it's unpredictable headlines out of europe that are also expected to factor in, so for today the dow is just slightly lower. again, not a disaster. 30 points. it's okay. >> we look for the silver lining. we're looking for it. >> we try. >> thank you, felicia. zirchl the ungood morning rate fell in september. more people returned to the labor force, and hiring was steady. in this week's smart is the new rich, we see a guy that took a big risk to make a career change in a brightening job market. >> he wanted to switch careers from operations in i.t. to marketing and big data. in a slow jobs market that takes training and risk. >> i decided to go back to business school, and i went part-time and realized that i
of course, there's also the fiscal cliff. that's one of a variety of those spending cuts and tax increases kicking in in the new year. congress has been noncommitmental about how it's going to handle that, and that's really what's upsetting most of the trade others wall street because, again, it's an unanswered question. it's unpredictable headlines out of europe that are also expected to factor in, so for today the dow is just slightly lower. again, not a disaster. 30 points. it's okay....
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cliff, the uncertainty related to the economy. as a result, we have seen certainly layoffs that are planned, that have picked up. we see companies across the country like dupont and dow chemical and kimberly clark, laying people off to prepare themselves for the next set of storm clouds. small businesses, two studies, the national federation of independent businesses and adp she that small businesses are preparing themselves and cutting back and laying people off. the gas lines will not help the situation and they will not inject confidence into this consumer confidence. >>neil: you could say outside of the northeast particularly morning and new jersey, this is not a problem, but we did a little bit of history digging here and in the case of the last two oil crises in the late 70's and the early 70's, many more states had long gas lines but most did not. the fact of the matter is, whether it was properly ration oned or the odd days or even days, remember with the license plates, most did not experience the long gas lines. i wonder
cliff, the uncertainty related to the economy. as a result, we have seen certainly layoffs that are planned, that have picked up. we see companies across the country like dupont and dow chemical and kimberly clark, laying people off to prepare themselves for the next set of storm clouds. small businesses, two studies, the national federation of independent businesses and adp she that small businesses are preparing themselves and cutting back and laying people off. the gas lines will not help...
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going over the fiscal cliff is serious business. i am here seriously trying to reresolve it. >>reporter: a lot of people wonder if speaker boehner is trying to show he is fighting against some of the tax changes and he will come along to a deal. vice president biden went to a costco in washington, today, proclaimed himself optimistic there will be a deal and bought a big screen tv and and an apple pie. >>shepard: you mention speaker boehner and the fact is there is a group if his party, the conservative part that doesn't want him to act like he is moving and that is who he is talking to today? >>reporter: they want him to dig in. they want him to completely resist essentially going back to the old clinton administration tax rates of 39.6 percent on the top level. the bottom line when you ask about whether there is any progress there are signs of progress from the white house briefing and carney today said the president said in this phone call to speaker boehner, any deal has to have the rates going up but in the end, carney said it doesn't necessarily, he didn't say this dire
going over the fiscal cliff is serious business. i am here seriously trying to reresolve it. >>reporter: a lot of people wonder if speaker boehner is trying to show he is fighting against some of the tax changes and he will come along to a deal. vice president biden went to a costco in washington, today, proclaimed himself optimistic there will be a deal and bought a big screen tv and and an apple pie. >>shepard: you mention speaker boehner and the fact is there is a group if his...
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charles, bring it round to the fiscal cliff because it's all interwoven here. it's all about basically where should government be spending money, where should cuts be made, and who ends up paying the lion's share of this. my sense is this will not go over the cliff and the reason it won't is that public opinion is now raging so hard against the republicans in all the polls that you see, they've lost the argument so why go over a cliff and make it worse for yourselves. >> i think you're right about that, because all of the polls i've seen say exactly what you're saying which is that the republicans will be blamed if we go over the cliff. but the first part of your question i think is the more crucial part of the question, which is how do you not cut off your nose to spite your face. if you do things, you make cuts that harm children who need to learn, who need to be able to go to school on a full stomach and be able to stay a whole day and have programs that will allow them to be competitive with children in china and india, if you need that to be a real situati
charles, bring it round to the fiscal cliff because it's all interwoven here. it's all about basically where should government be spending money, where should cuts be made, and who ends up paying the lion's share of this. my sense is this will not go over the cliff and the reason it won't is that public opinion is now raging so hard against the republicans in all the polls that you see, they've lost the argument so why go over a cliff and make it worse for yourselves. >> i think you're...
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until they fix the fiscal cliff. at least let's fix the fiscal cliff and make sure that american families aren't faced with possible larger tax bills come january. >> wouldn't it just make you feel better if you didn't feel that the real reason we're goeng to get a fiscal cliff resolution, whether tas little tinkering or something bigger wasn't because they wanted to be home for christmas. >> i certainly don't think they should go home before the situation is resolved, but i also think when you're looking at what kind of congress you want, you want a responsive congress, rooted in american communities, not inside the beltway. >> you would want mondays and fridays off, too, and you're trying to make the argument. >> americans want their leaders to work, period. >> thanks to both of you. "outfront" next, breaking news. the billionaire software tycoon is on the run and martin savidge just literally caught him. he was running. he's going join us with that right after this. he's getting it ready for you at this instant an
until they fix the fiscal cliff. at least let's fix the fiscal cliff and make sure that american families aren't faced with possible larger tax bills come january. >> wouldn't it just make you feel better if you didn't feel that the real reason we're goeng to get a fiscal cliff resolution, whether tas little tinkering or something bigger wasn't because they wanted to be home for christmas. >> i certainly don't think they should go home before the situation is resolved, but i also...
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why is chained cpi so vital to the fiscal cliff negotiation? it isn't a spending cut or a tax hike, but it would foifly cut spending and raise taxes on some, saving the government an estimated $300 billion over the next decade. but the problem is that what that means is that senior, the longer they live, the less money they would actually take home. they would see a cut to their benefits. >> this was a concession from the democrats or was it just an accounting fix? >> it is both of those things. some democrats i spoke to said, look, maybe i would consider this, but only if we could have some sort of amerimechanism tha senior past age 85 would be facing a 6% or 8% cut in benefits, maybe there would be an adjustment to make sure especially for people who are very poor that there'd be some sort of safety net. you know, paul krugerman has said this is a horrible idea, terrible, stupid idea, and this is not something the white house should consider. >> let's bring back the rest of the panel. mohamed el-erian, ceo of pimco. mark zandi with moody's. m
why is chained cpi so vital to the fiscal cliff negotiation? it isn't a spending cut or a tax hike, but it would foifly cut spending and raise taxes on some, saving the government an estimated $300 billion over the next decade. but the problem is that what that means is that senior, the longer they live, the less money they would actually take home. they would see a cut to their benefits. >> this was a concession from the democrats or was it just an accounting fix? >> it is both of...